Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!gvlv2!gvlv1!kleonard From: kleonard@gvlv1.gvl.unisys.com (Ken Leonard) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: looking for the trashcan Keywords: trash trashcan Message-ID: <925@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> Date: 10 Sep 90 13:14:44 GMT References: <3729@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> <841@int13.hf.intel.com> Sender: news@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM Reply-To: kleonard@gvlv1.UUCP (Ken Leonard) Distribution: comp Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, NISD, Great Valley Laboratory Lines: 19 In article <841@int13.hf.intel.com> tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth) writes: * ajbanck@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Arent Banck) writes: * >I am looking for a trashcan for my windows. It was the first thing * > ... * * If you are in the File Manager, select the file(s), then press the * key. You can also delete whole directory structures this way. ------ Well, yes, but... you can only select as many files as are adjacent in the displayed directory list... You cannot select umpteen files scattered throughout the display. But, anyhow... ----- Maybe MS didn't do a trashcan because of the looky-feely hash that's been going 'round. So, why not use a PacMan icon to "eat" unwanted files? But, then, that's probably too copyright-sensitive, too. ---------- regardz, Ken